VISHNUISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vishnuism mean? 

• VISHNUISM (noun)
  The noun VISHNUISM has 1 sense:

1. worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

  Familiarity information: VISHNUISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISHNUISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Vaishnavism; Vaisnavism; Vishnuism

Hypernyms ("Vishnuism" is a kind of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)